NEXT MUSICAL REACTION!
Added 2023-03-09 05:48:19 +0000 UTCOk, I need a suggestion! going to watch one tomorrow and I'm torn between a few!
Drop your favorite musical in the comments :)
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Phantom of the Opera Fiddler on the Roof Some Like it Hot Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Seven Brides for Seven Brother My Fair Lady The King & I Westside Story (the original w Natalie Wood & Rita Moreno) Oklahoma! Are some of my faves I think everyone should see once
Chael
2023-03-16 01:35:45 +0000 UTCYES. Dr. Horrible is one of my top 10 musicals ever.
Johanna Wilson
2023-03-12 19:08:41 +0000 UTCRide The Cyclone
Bret Brittian
2023-03-11 21:35:36 +0000 UTCOh! even better before any of the above: Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog The world's first online-only Musical featuring Nathan Fillion and Neil Patrick Harris! It's shorter than the others but still a kick ass modern musical.
Adam Pacio
2023-03-11 16:51:50 +0000 UTCWavin' atcha from Inwood.
Adam Pacio
2023-03-11 16:49:59 +0000 UTCSome further suggestions (without as much writeup, promise! LOL): * Reefer Madness, featuring a star-studded cast, with Alan Cummings as the narrator, cameo by Neve Campbell, and Kristen Chenoweth. It used the actual 1930s Reefer propaganda of the era to once more tell a campy musical about the evils of Weed, which actually turns out to be the evils of Propaganda. Delightfully silly, some real bops. * Pippin. Somewhere around there is a copy of the Archival records filmed for the Library of Congress of the original broadway cast starring Ben Vereen as the Leading Player. This is Bob Fossee choreography in a campy romp about coming of age and the temptations of spectacle vs. the authentic. * A Chorus Line. Movie version is fine, it was one of the longest running musicals on Broadway before Phantom came along. (LOL). The musical about audutioning for a musical, the music is a snapshot in time, the whole thing is an absolute giant in the late 20th century history of musicals, and besides... if you don't watch it at least once you'll never truly "get" the running joke in "Land of the Lost". (You haven't lived until you've heard a T-rex singing "God I hope I get it.") * Into the Woods. This Stephen Sondheim musical just released its original cast archival copy on YouTube. It takes all of our beloved fairy tales from Grimm and puts them in a Cuisinart, with "Into the Woods" being the 'multiverse of fairy tales' jumping from story to story and weaving them together in a brand new fable pursued by a cursed Baker and his Wife because they want to have a child. The first act is the traditional fairytales all woven together and is suitable for small children. The play usually allows those families to leave during intermission, because Act II picks up the day AFTER 'Ever After' and deals with some very mature consequences to everything from Act I. If you have daughters, guaranteed you'll watch with them after the reaction vid is done. Maybe even both acts if they're old enough. That should hold you for a while. C'mon back for more suggestions later, my dude. This old Bway Gay has a number of them, including some off the beaten path less popular ones. (Like "Anyone Can Whistle", but you aren't really ready for the heavier Sondheim stuff yet. Start with these first. LOL)
Adam Pacio
2023-03-11 16:47:53 +0000 UTCI'm over 50 here and grew up a Broadway Gay kid, studied classical music and singing back in the 80s, etc. And I am going to suggest a musical which ever quite attained superstardom fame, but which is a late 80's opera written by Tim Rice and Bjorn Ulvaeus from ABBA, and the musical is called "CHESS". Chess was first staged in the UK and then crossed the pond to Broadway at the same time that Phantom of the Opera did. As a result, Phantom sucked all the oxygen from the room and Chess never got the acclaim it deserves. But it DID become one of the most persistent cult favorites with a fandom all its own. It glorifies the Cold War and the split between the USA and the USSR, and the propaganda battles that were waged in civilian pursuits... like the World Chess Championship. It tells the story of the Russian and American champions in a series of bouts to win the Grandmaster title, and both sides are surrounded by administrators and managers and a whole posse meant to ensure that the US/USSR wins at all costs, while those in the direct orbits of the Chess Masters deal a tangled web of relationships and intrigue and the sacrifices that the ambitious often are forced to make in their quest to become the World's Best at their game. Chess had an English version originally but when it crossed the pond the producers didn't think the Americans would be sympathetic to the Russian hero, so they rewrote the plot and presented a different version of the play. Fans loved BOTH versions and began to create mix tapes (it was the 80s and early 90s) which merged and fused the two stories, and each new production of Chess would go one way or the other or come up with a new version until finally, Tim Rice and Bjorn Ulvaeus wrote a definitive combined plot final version about 20 years after the play first premiered. That Combined Version was staged, and is available usually on YouTube as "Chess in Concert" with Idina Menzel playing the female lead and Josh Groban playing the male lead. The musical was unique because its score had been created by the 70s pop songwriter from ABBA and carried much of their style, but Tim Rice was the longtime lyricist for Andrew Lloyd Webber and he managed to spin utter effin' BARS into the sometimes-odd fusion of melodies that resulted. It is mostly sung-through, and there are some absolutely gut-wrenching songs. When you watch it eventually, as you absolutely must as you go down this musical road because Chess is so odd and unique and speaks directly to propaganda of the cold war and the social machine of control through the media... you will understand that it is actually following the structure of an opera. Right down to the maxim "It ain't over till the sad lady sings." (Idina Menzel is by no means plus sized and I don't size shame). Really. Enjoy.
Adam Pacio
2023-03-11 16:31:50 +0000 UTCJC Superstar is an AMAZING rock opera. Especially if you get a truly talented vocalist who can handle the rock screech register as well as the classical ballad timbre to play Christ. I'm not a Christian. And yes, the subject matter is entirely the Passion of Christ, but Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1970's opera is a fucking MASTERPIECE of 70s musicals. And it is still as relevant now as ever. And again... I am NOT a Christian. And I endorse viewing this musical. You don't have to be a catholic to enjoy a good Requiem, y'know? Same principle here.
Adam Pacio
2023-03-11 16:19:23 +0000 UTCRent...definitely Rent
Rochelle Dunlap
2023-03-11 16:02:29 +0000 UTCPhantom of the Opera is geeat
Sarah Clapshaw
2023-03-10 16:17:27 +0000 UTCSecond Come From Away, especially as it has a very good filmed stage production.
Ashley Saari
2023-03-10 05:51:56 +0000 UTCSo, if you’re in the mood for starkid/starkid like productions, I would definitely go with Twisted or Spies are Forever (which is by Tin Can Bros, but has a lot of starkid cast in it). For just general musicals, I would say legally blonde the musical, Six the musical, Les Miserables (the movie), or Phantom of the Opera (Royal Albert Hall, I love this version).
Kylee
2023-03-10 02:02:54 +0000 UTCLiving in the NYC area I've seen many plays and Rent, Wicked and The Book of Mormon were 3 of my favs! Honestly, just too many to choose from.😁
Tanya perez
2023-03-10 01:47:13 +0000 UTCJesus Christ Superstar is a great rock musical.
Michael Sancomb
2023-03-10 01:28:17 +0000 UTCIf I had to pick two of my favorites would be newsies, either the movie version with Christian bale or the Broadway version is fine both delivers but my favorite is the movie version. The other one is rent with the original cast its an amazing musical and a thought provoking one at that. So yeah newsies or rent would be my choice.
Teresa Nike
2023-03-09 16:01:37 +0000 UTCI agree loved the stage version much better, actually I hated the movie version
Teresa Nike
2023-03-09 15:59:00 +0000 UTCIm from Calgary and I definitely remember this. The humanity that was displayed by all not just in Canada but across the world was amazing.
Teresa Nike
2023-03-09 15:57:34 +0000 UTCI love newbies, I love the original version with Christian bale , but the Broadway version is great too
Teresa Nike
2023-03-09 15:54:55 +0000 UTCYeah, it’s always nice to see the original cast perform imo. This one is the OG U.S. one. Everyone has a way of adapting the roles in unique ways, so each cast can be a little different, a slightly different flavor.
Amanda Sargent
2023-03-09 15:40:29 +0000 UTCWhat??!!! For real??!!! You gotta see the original Broadway cast!!!! It slays!!!!!🔥🔥🔥
Joyelizabeth
2023-03-09 15:39:44 +0000 UTCNewsies
Dora Dominguez
2023-03-09 15:11:36 +0000 UTCtick tick boom would be great to lead into watching rent afterwards it's such a good set up for it! plus it'll finish your lin manuel saga
grace
2023-03-09 14:18:39 +0000 UTCTick Tick Boom please! Lin-Manuel Miranda directed it :)
Katrin Vollenkemper
2023-03-09 14:09:55 +0000 UTCTick tick boom is a great option!! I think you would really enjoy it as an artist yourself.
Shannon
2023-03-09 13:03:53 +0000 UTCThat’s true! but i honestly love both versions
Sherri Baker
2023-03-09 13:02:56 +0000 UTCSpies are Forever
JJ Hamrick
2023-03-09 12:06:20 +0000 UTCOoo, West Side Story. The recent movie is excellent
Raye
2023-03-09 11:33:59 +0000 UTCYes to this!!!
Raye
2023-03-09 11:32:58 +0000 UTCYes!
Raye
2023-03-09 11:32:02 +0000 UTCThe challenge with this one is that the movie and the musical are very different
Raye
2023-03-09 11:31:47 +0000 UTCTick tick boom is soooo good!!
Eva
2023-03-09 11:26:43 +0000 UTCDefinitely Rent, or the 25th anniversary Phantom of the Opera. Or West Side Story. Cess in Concert is also great https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kdzb1RX9kpE&feature=share
Singing Wordwright
2023-03-09 11:07:44 +0000 UTCThe Phantom of the Opera (Royal Albert Hall), Les Miserables (the movie), Miss Saigon are really amazing classics. Newsies and Six are amazing contemporary musicals.
Joyelizabeth
2023-03-09 10:23:44 +0000 UTCRent was a life changer for younger me!!
NotCaseyKasem
2023-03-09 10:14:34 +0000 UTCI second Tick Tick Boom, and Rent after that. Tick Tick Boom was directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and you might spot some familiar faces, too :)
Laura Groeneveld
2023-03-09 09:46:31 +0000 UTCThe Phantom of the Opera for sure, it's up there as my favourite piece of any media. The Royal Albert Hall (25th anniversary) version is the best one available.
kaiel
2023-03-09 09:36:30 +0000 UTCTick tick boom! Before you decide to react to rent watch tick tick boom first.
Jenny V
2023-03-09 09:01:45 +0000 UTCWhat about Wicked?
Lorij Nay
2023-03-09 07:59:53 +0000 UTCwicked
Debra Gromacki
2023-03-09 07:59:08 +0000 UTCTop ones for me - Dancer in the Dark (but it’s very very emotional I had never sobbed over a movie before this one lol), Little Shop of Horrors, Les Miserable, Hairspray
louloubumper
2023-03-09 07:13:11 +0000 UTCRent would be great. But I really wish for Come From Away. It’s a musical based on the true story of one tiny Canadian town that landed 30+ planes after the US air traffic was grounded on 9-11. That was only one town or city. All across Canada, we accepted all US planes that were flying over North America at that moment. It may seem like it couldn’t be turned into a musical, but it’s the spirit and heart of the real life towns people and the plane people together that made this musical a treasure.
Lisa Hood
2023-03-09 07:10:05 +0000 UTCSo something crazy... I'll be on a cruise in 11 days, and we're going to see Six while we're on the ship! lol I probably need to see it before hu?
John Reaves
2023-03-09 06:59:12 +0000 UTCRent the movie or phantom of the opera at the royal albert hall
Ana
2023-03-09 06:45:15 +0000 UTCYES! I’m obsessed with Six right now
Johanna Wilson
2023-03-09 06:36:34 +0000 UTCSix - it’s British pop and about the six wives of King Henry and it’ll have you tapping your feet and cracking up (there’s a YT bootleg copy here that is watchable and it’s only an hour & 19 minutes): https://youtu.be/49tvnFc6hGs
Amanda Sargent
2023-03-09 06:34:15 +0000 UTC#Justice for Oklahoma!
Joyce Levy
2023-03-09 06:11:10 +0000 UTCI agree with Hairspray (with John Travolta), it is awesome!
Jamie M
2023-03-09 06:10:59 +0000 UTCOf the few mentioned, I second Sweeney Todd or Rent
Breanne
2023-03-09 06:05:27 +0000 UTCHairspray (With John Travolta) is freakin awesome! 🔥
Purplehaze
2023-03-09 06:04:48 +0000 UTCTHE MOVIE ADAPTATION OF RENT
Chriss The FloorStuffie
2023-03-09 05:58:29 +0000 UTCPhantom of the Opera takes the cake for me always. That and The Lion King! 🦁
Pommosaurus
2023-03-09 05:57:20 +0000 UTCI agree 👍
Sunny
2023-03-09 05:54:40 +0000 UTCThe stage version is absolutely amazing. Movie version (in my professional opinion) is a travesty, lol
Johanna Wilson
2023-03-09 05:54:25 +0000 UTCNewsies on Broadway is amazing
Mady De Costa
2023-03-09 05:54:21 +0000 UTCLes Miserables. Probably the best musical, yet.
MrHolbyta
2023-03-09 05:50:56 +0000 UTChonestly, it sounds nuts… But the musical Legally Blonde is really good—and it has an excellent freely available proshot.
Darsy Smith
2023-03-09 05:50:09 +0000 UTCPLEASE do Twisted or Black Friday by Team Starkid next! Black Friday is the kinda sequel to The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, and Twisted is the Aladdin Parody. They’re both absolute masterpieces.
Johanna Wilson
2023-03-09 05:49:59 +0000 UTCI would suggest 1776 or Sweeney Todd. Those have always been two of my favorites
Jordan Kisling
2023-03-09 05:49:09 +0000 UTCLITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS!!!!!! my favorite musical🥰
Sherri Baker
2023-03-09 05:49:09 +0000 UTC
